{"product_id":"9781913183417","title":"The Only Plane in the Sky","description":"Author: Garrett M. Graff\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781913183417\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Octopus\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Oct 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Incredibly evocative and compelling.\"\u003ci\u003e -\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most moving and chilling oral history you will read.\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Astonishing book about an astonishing, terrifying atrocity, relived in real time by those who were there. I read it in one sitting \u0026amp; was utterly gripped from start to finish.\" \u003cb\u003e- Piers Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most vivid portrait of 9\/11 I've ever read.\"- \u003cb\u003eMike Morell, former deputy director of the CIA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Updated 20th Anniversary edition with additional content **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis nothing less than the first comprehensive oral history of 9\/11, drawing on transcripts, declassified documents and interviews from nearly 500 people.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile there has been so much published about 9\/11 over the last two decades, the most important book has been missing until now: a 360-degree account of the day told through the voices of the people who experienced it.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn New York, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable chaos at the Twin Towers. From a secret bunker beneath the White House, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice watch for incoming planes on radar. In the offices of the Pentagon, top officials feel the violent tremor as their headquarters come under attack.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoignant and powerful, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ecaptures the event that shocked the world from the people who \u003ci\u003elived\u003c\/i\u003e it. Read the true stories of the father and son working on separate floors in the North Tower; the firefighter who rushes to the scene to search for his wife; the telephone operator who keeps her promise to share a passenger's last words with his family; the chaplain who sacrifices his own life to perform last rites as the Twin Towers collapse; the teachers evacuating terrified children from schools mere blocks from the World Trade Center; the generals at the Pentagon who break down and weep when they are barred from rushing into the burning building to try and rescue their colleagues. All in their own words.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives, 20 years ago.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46325646885022,"sku":"ADS-9781913183417","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781913183417.jpg?v=1766547603","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781913183417","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}